Sleepwalking, sleep terrors, sexsomnia and other disorders of arousal: the old and the new

Y Idir, D Oudiette, I Arnulf - Journal of sleep research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Disorders of arousal (DOA) is an umbrella term initially covering classical sleepwalking,
sleep terrors, and confusional arousals, and now including a wider spectrum of specialised …

Parasomnias

JA Fleetham, JAE Fleming - Cmaj, 2014 - Can Med Assoc
Sleepwalking, sleep terrors, sleeptalking and sleep paralysis are some of the behavioural
manifestations associated with the partial arousals from sleep known as parasomnias—a …

[HTML][HTML] Sexsomnia: a specialized non-REM parasomnia?

AL Dubessy, S Leu-Semenescu, V Attali, JB Maranci… - Sleep, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Aims and Methods: Subjects referred for sexsomnia and for sleepwalking/night terror were
interviewed, completed the Paris Arousal Disorder Severity Scale (PADSS), and were …

[HTML][HTML] Conscious experiences during Non-Rapid Eye Movement sleep parasomnias

A Castelnovo, F Siclari, S Spaggiari, D Borth… - Neuroscience & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Disorders of Arousal (DOA) are non-rapid eye movement (NREM) parasomnias traditionally
regarded as unconscious states. However, recent research challenges this assumption. This …

Sleep in psychiatric disorders: where are we now?

EK Lee, AB Douglass - The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Although the precise function of sleep is unknown, decades of research strongly implicate
that sleep has a vital role in central nervous system (CNS) restoration, memory …

Neuroelectric correlates of human sexuality: A review and meta-analysis

A Ziogas, E Habermeyer, P Santtila, TB Poeppl… - Archives of Sexual …, 2023 - Springer
Many reviews on sexual arousal in humans focus on different brain imaging methods and
behavioral observations. Although neurotransmission in the brain is mainly performed …

Sleep-related violence and sexual behavior in sleep: a systematic review of medical-legal case reports

F Ingravallo, F Poli, EV Gilmore, F Pizza… - Journal of clinical …, 2014 - jcsm.aasm.org
Objective: To review systematically medical-legal cases of sleep-related violence (SRV) and
sexual behavior in sleep (SBS). Search Methods: We searched Pubmed and PsychINFO …

[PDF][PDF] Update on sexsomnia, sleep related sexual seizures, and forensic implications

CH Schenck - NeuroQuantology, 2015 - researchgate.net
The first classification of sleep-related disorders and abnormal sexual behaviors and
experiences was published in 2007. Parasomnias (abnormal sleep-related behaviors and …

Do the EEG and behavioral criteria of NREM arousal disorders apply to sexsomnia?

J Rossi, A Gales, V Attali, S Leu-Semenescu, P Dodet… - Sleep, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives To establish whether the recent EEG and behavioral criteria of
arousal disorders apply to sexsomnia. Methods EEG and behavioral markers upon N3 sleep …

The co-occurrence of sexsomnia, sleep bruxism and other sleep disorders

H Martynowicz, J Smardz, T Wieczorek… - Journal of clinical …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: Sleep sex also known as sexsomnia or somnambulistic sexual behavior is
proposed to be classified as NREM (non-rapid eye movement) parasomnia (as a clinical …